If the minstrel boy to the war had gone
A few weeks back, I re-listened to the Clancy Brothers' rendition of “The Minstrel Boy,” and it's been running through my head intermittently ever since. Stirring and patriotic in an...
Archive for Lyrics
Nothing Like a Dame
Was just listening to bits of South Pacific, looking for duets (at Jacob's suggestion), and came across this excellent couplet from the song “There Is Nothing Like a Dame”: Lots...
Hammerstein
Was listening to the radio earlier (KALW, the Bay Area's lesser-known NPR station); there was a show about 20th-century American music, and tonight's episode covered Oscar Hammerstein. So they played...
Rhyme of the day
Watched Once Upon a Mattress last night. There were several good rhymes and other good lines in the songs; I especially liked this one: My time is at a premium...
Oklahoma demons
Noticed this line a couple months ago in the lyrics to "People Will Say We're in Love" (from Oklahoma): Your eyes mustn't glow like mine Has anyone done a horror...